A representative of the Ministry of Education and Training spoke up before the meeting, saying that schools and localities should organize 2 teaching sessions/day according to the schedule prescribed for additional teaching in Circular 29/2024.
After Circular 29/2024 on extra teaching and learning was applied, many localities planned to organize teaching and learning options with 2 sessions/day from Monday to Friday, with Saturday and Sunday off. Many people believe that localities and schools are arranging teaching and learning in this way to circumvent the regulation prohibiting extra teaching and learning.
Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Xuan Thanh, Director of the Department of Secondary Education, Ministry of Education and Training, said that the guidelines on teaching 2 sessions/day were issued in 2010. In it, it is stipulated that if teaching is organized in the morning, the program duration is only about 28-29 periods/week.
In the afternoon, it is time to organize other educational activities such as participating in the Youth Union, experiencing, reading books at the library, self-study activities... instead of teaching 2 sessions/day, the second session is to put students in class to teach cultural subjects. "If organized correctly according to the instructions, studying 2 sessions/day does not violate the regulations on extra teaching and learning", he emphasized.
Arrange to teach 2 sessions/day to circumvent the regulation on extra teaching? (Illustration: Chi Hieu)
When referring to the issue of extra teaching and learning in schools, teachers must clearly understand "extra teaching activities outside the educational plan for subjects and educational activities in the program". Meanwhile, all other school activities in the second session (ie teaching 2 sessions/day) have many activities to help students self-study, self-practice, and develop their skills.
Schools must develop specific plans and are not allowed to organize two sessions a day but still have students in class in the afternoon.
At the same time, the Department Director said that the schools that complained about being disrupted by Circular 29/2024 were disrupted because the previous afternoon education plan only focused on extra classes and tutoring. "If we do not organize extra classes and tutoring but organize other educational activities, students can still apply the knowledge in subjects and educational activities learned in the morning to afternoon activities to develop students' abilities, which is very good," he analyzed.
Suggesting more for schools, the Director of the Department of Secondary Education said that educational activities to develop students' capacity in Decree 24/2021 of the Government clearly stipulates that if it is necessary to organize activities, funds other than tuition fees can be collected to support educational activities according to the resolution of the Provincial People's Council.
Schools should note that to organize activities, they must use legal funding sources, including: the State budget and other legal sources of income. At the same time, the principal must be responsible for assigning teachers in a harmonious and reasonable manner, and effectively using the team, especially the system of facilities and equipment in the school.
Regarding concerns that the new general education program is too heavy, which is the reason why students have to take extra classes, the Department Head affirmed that the new program meets the regulations, is lighter than the old program, and focuses on developing students' qualities and abilities instead of just knowledge as before. This was also concluded by the National Assembly Standing Committee at the end of last year.
At the same time, many teachers when implementing and deploying the program all evaluate the superiority and meet the spirit of the reduction. "If somewhere said the program is 'heavy', as the Minister of Education and Training once said, 'it's like storing a file in a computer but multiplying it many times, it suddenly becomes heavy'. If teachers finish teaching the main course and then teach that content to students, and continue to give homework to students, the 'heaviness' has increased 2,3 times, even 'heavier' if teachers teach many times", he added.
The Ministry of Education and Training also gave very strict instructions: in 45 minutes, teachers should "teach less" and assign tasks to students. Teachers should organize orientation and check students' learning activities. Students should know how to self-study right in class; know how to read textbooks as required by teachers to grasp knowledge.
Khanh Huyen
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